24:3 The earth will be completely devastated
and thoroughly ransacked.
For the Lord has decreed this judgment. 1
24:12 The city is left in ruins; 2
the gate is reduced to rubble. 3
1 tn Heb “for the Lord has spoken this word.”
2 tn Heb “and there is left in the city desolation.”
3 tn Heb “and [into] rubble the gate is crushed.”